Mobile fitness social media competition platform

Abstract

A method of operating an online fitness-related social media platform over a network includes the following: providing a server of a social media platform system; providing, by the server, an application for execution on a user device connected to the network and associated with a user, the user device being remote from the server; providing a tracking functionality adapted to track fitness data for each user device, providing a ranking functionality adapted to rank one or more values associated with the fitness data; and operating the social media platform system in a competition between users wherein their fitness data is tracked and ranked accordingly.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method of operating an online fitness-related social media platform over a network, comprising:
 providing a server of a social media platform system;   providing, by the server, a software application for execution on a user device connected to the network and associated with a user, the user device being remote from the server;   providing a tracking functionality configured to track fitness data for each user device,   providing a ranking functionality configured to rank one or more values associated with said fitness data; and   operating the social media platform system in a competition of the method according to a set of rules applied in an ordered combination of steps,   the set of rules comprising rules of:   the user must request or accept a challenge with another user to participate in the competition;   each challenge associated with a wager of cryptocurrency only applicable on said network;
 setting a period of time for the tracking and ranking of the fitness data; and 
   inputting one or more values related to the relevant fitness data for the period of time.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more values include pounds of weights lift. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more values include steps during an exercise routine. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of users, wherein two or more users are defined in one or more teams, and the one or more teams request or accept the challenge with another team.